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Sunning and shifting - Guest - 07-12-2006
Hello,
Which one of these techniques is the best? "Sunning" with a strong lamp or sunning on a cloudy day? I was sunning yesterday, the day was cloudy, but I couldn't stand the luminosity when I looked at the sun behind the clouds. I just could do it with my eyes closed. Is a strong lamp a good alternative, or it is a poor substitute of the natural light of the sun?
Last night, while palming, I decided to do some shifting with my eyes closed. It was a mental shifting, and then I realized what shifting and swinging really mean. I formed a mental picture of an elevator and its counterweight. Mentally, I was looking at the elevator and was aware of the contrary movement of the couterweight, the elevator going up and the counterweight going down, and vice-versa. I made an analogy: my eyes were the elevator and the reality surrounding me was the counterweight. It was very easy to do this, and then I understood what was the swinging and how it can't be separate from the shifting. This morning, I tried this with my eyes open, but it is easier to shift objects that are not so close to each other. Anyway, I got the idea and will work on that.
